MAME 0.258 Complete: CHDs 935.53GB + ROMs 73.33GB + EXTRAs 64.97GB + Quick Tutorial / How to Guide
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MAME 0.258 Complete: CHDs 935.53GB + ROMs 73.33GB + EXTRAs 64.97GB + Quick Tutorial / How to Guide
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- MAME, MAME CHD, MAME CHDs, MAME Collections, MAME Complete Collection, MAME EXTRA, MAME EXTRAs, MAME Guide, MAME Romset, Romset, CHD, CHD merged, CHD Set, CHDs, CHDs merged, CHDset, ROM merged, ROM Set, Rompack, ROMs, ROMs merged, Roms pack, MAME ROM, MAME ROMs, ROM, Emulator
- Item Size
- 1,024.0G
Updated 2023-08-30
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LATEST UPDATES:
2023-08-30 - CHDs + ROMs to 0.258
2023-07-28 - CHDs + ROMs to 0.257 (CHDs unchanged)
2023-06-28 - CHDs + ROMs to 0.256
2023-05-31 - CHDs + ROMs to 0.255
2023-04-27 - CHDs + ROMs to 0.254
2023-03-30 - CHDs + ROMs to 0.253
2023-02-22 - CHDs + ROMs to 0.252
2022-12-31 - CHDs + ROMs to 0.251
2022-11-30 - CHDs + ROMs to 0.250
2022-10-27 - CHDs + ROMs to 0.249
2022-09-28 - CHDs + ROMs to 0.248
2022-08-31 - CHDs + ROMs to 0.247
2022-07-31 - CHDs + ROMs to 0.246
2022-06-30 - CHDs + ROMs to 0.245
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There are too many outdated torrents and information, and the CHDs torrent generated by archive.org has padding files and only has files up to 0-9A-C.
I am tired of it and I know you are too, so here are the latest.
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What's new in 0.258:
https://www.mamedev.org/releases/whatsnew_0258.txt
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Individual files download (ROMs + CHDs + EXTRAs):
https://archive.org/download/mame-chds-roms-extras-complete
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Magnet links:
CHDs Full 0.258 (Merged, 935.53GB torrent, 100+ seeds):
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:7ed7d50b6ef30dcbd456d19a490ed057102754ba&tr=http://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce
CHDs Update 0.256 to 0.258 (Merged, 15.3MB torrent, 100+ seeds):
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:3b3343c07d8a39994425f04f4a031e4c042ebe19&tr=http://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce
ROMs Full 0.258 (Merged, 73.33GB torrent, 100+ seeds):
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:bbb50cf61351c693ada99c4f1c426076acf76e10&tr=http://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce
ROMs Update 0.257 to 0.258 (Merged, 74MB torrent, 100+ seeds):
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:70c88c33eb12686a42243aed29db09a1c7c568fe&tr=http://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce
EXTRAs Full 0.256 (artwork/cheats/snap/titles/manuals/etc, 64.97GB torrent, 50+ seeds):
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:87d29a4358209823f5beed7bf0a84ce64d0110d6&tr=http://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce
EXTRAs Update 0.254 to 0.256 (artwork/cheats/snap/titles/manuals/etc, 1.32GB torrent, 50+ seeds):
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:aa5a8b48c7b720d6e38055c864efe141579b936c&tr=http://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce
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.torrent files:
CHDs Full 0.258 (Merged, 935.53GB torrent, 100+ seeds):
https://archive.org/download/mame-chds-roms-extras-complete/MAME%200.258%20CHDs%20%28merged%29%20Full%20935.53GB.torrent
CHDs Update 0.256 to 0.258 (Merged, 15.3MB torrent, 100+ seeds):
https://archive.org/download/mame-chds-roms-extras-complete/MAME%200.258%20CHDs%20%28merged%29%200.256%20to%200.258%20Update%2015.3MB.torrent
ROMs Full 0.258 (Merged, 73.33GB torrent, 100+ seeds):
https://archive.org/download/mame-chds-roms-extras-complete/MAME%200.258%20ROMs%20%28merged%29%20Full%2073.33GB.torrent
ROMs Update 0.257 to 0.258 (Merged, 74MB torrent, 100+ seeds):
https://archive.org/download/mame-chds-roms-extras-complete/MAME%200.258%20ROMs%20%28merged%29%200.257%20to%200.258%20Update%2074MB.torrent
EXTRAs Full 0.256 (artwork/cheats/snap/titles/manuals/etc, 64.97GB torrent, 50+ seeds):
https://archive.org/download/mame-chds-roms-extras-complete/MAME%200.256%20EXTRAs%20%28artwork%2Ccheats%2Csnap%2Ctitles%2Cmanuals%2Cetc%29%20Full%2064.97GB.torrent
EXTRAs Update 0.254 to 0.256 (artwork/cheats/snap/titles/manuals/etc, 1.32GB torrent, 50+ seeds):
https://archive.org/download/mame-chds-roms-extras-complete/MAME%200.256%20EXTRAs%20%28artwork%2Ccheats%2Csnap%2Ctitles%2Cmanuals%2Cetc%29%200.254%20to%200.256%20Update%201.32GB.torrent
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Tracker with the most seeds (100+):
http://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce
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QUICK HOW TO GUIDE (Guide updated 2022-06-20):
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STEP 1 - Basics
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1) Download and install MAME ( https://www.mamedev.org/ )
2) Know that:
a) MAME considers CHD files as ROM files, CHDs are often just bigger ROMs.
b) MAME doesn't care where you put the CHDs or ROMs as long as all ROMs/CHDs directories are added to MAME's ROM path config.
c) That means you can set MAME's ROM directories to the torrent download directory, and play whatever ROMs that have completed download, without waiting for the entire torrent to complete, read how to do this below.
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STEP 2 - Download the ROMs and CHDs
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1) Install and run qBittorrent ( https://www.qbittorrent.org/ )
2) In qBittorrent, click [open url] or [add magnet link], a box will pop up.
3) Paste into the box some magnet links from above, one line per link, the link looks like [magnet:?xt=urn:btih:xxxxxxxxxxxxx...], paste the whole line, if you have just started, you want to add the links [CHDs 0.xxx Full (Merged...)] and [ROMs 0.xxx Full (Merged...)].
4) Click [Download] or [OK] to close the box.
5) You should now see in the qBittorent [Transfers] tab there are two torrents being added, [MAME 0.2xx ROMs (merged)] and [MAME 0.2xx CHDs (merged)].
6) It'll take a minute or two to download the torrent metadata, when the torrent line turns green, it means it's downloading and you can proceed to [STEP 3]. If nothing happens, try manually add a torrent tracker to each torrent, so that qBittorrent knows what peers/seeds to download from, do this by:
a) From qBittorrent [Transfers] tab, select one of the torent ([MAME 0.2xx ROMs (merged)] or [MAME 0.2xx CHDs (merged)])
b) Click the [Trackers] tab (between [General] and [Peers])
c) Right click anywhere in the tracker list for a pop-up menu
d) Click [Add a new tracker...], a box [List of trackers to add] will pop up.
e) Paste the following tracker URL into the box and press [OK]: http://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce
f) You should now see [http://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce] in the tracker list, watch the [Peers] and [Seeds] column, there should be more than 100.
g) Do this once for the ROMs torrent and once for the CHDs torrent.
7) Continue to the next step while the torrents are downloading.
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STEP 3 - Find out where the ROMs/CHDs .zip files are downloaded to
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There are 2 paths: The ROMs (70+GB) and The CHDs (900+GB). Do these steps to find both:
1) In qBittorrent: In the [Transfers] tab, right click the torrent name [MAME 0.2xx ROMs (merged)] or [MAME 0.2xx CHDs (merged)], you should see a small pop-up menu.
2) Left click [Open destination folder], a file manager should pop up.
3) In the file manager, look at the directory location ('directory' is also called 'folder' in windows).
4) Do it once for the ROMs and once for the CHDs, remember these 2 directories for the next step.
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STEP 4 - Add BOTH ROMs and CHDs directories to MAME config
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Set MAME's ROMs directory to the two directories qBittorrent is downloading to:
1) Go to MAME's main screen (restart MAME if not sure)
2) Double click [Configure Options]
3) Double click [Configure Directories]
4) Double click [ROMs]
5) Double click [Add Folder]
6) Browse the directory tree using the [UP/DOWN/ENTER] key to select the correct directory (that you remember from the previous step).
7) Once you have found the final correct directory, just highlighting it is not enough, you must press [Enter] to enter it first, otherwise you'll just set the parent directory instead.
8) Once INSIDE the correct directory, press the [TAB] key on your keyboard to set the directory in MAME.
9) Double click [Return to Previous Menu]
10) Double click [Save Configuration]
11) Repeat 1-10 but this time at 6 select the other directory instead (if you added ROMs download directory first, add CHDs download directory this time). Most ROMs don't require CHDs to work, but some do, you need to add both ROMs and CHDs directories.
12) If you are also downloading the partial update torrents (e.g. MAME - Update ROMs v0.2xx to v0.2xx), then you also need to add the update torrent's download directory by repeating step 1 to 10.
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STEP 5 - Decide on what ROMs to download and how often do you run audits in MAME
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Now that the ROMs/CHDs are downloading and the correct MAME directories are configured, you need to run audit in MAME to find the new ROMs/CHDS.
During the audit, MAME will scan all the .zip files in the configured ROMs/CHDs directories, and then update MAME's internal database, newly downloaded ROMs/CHDs will then show up in the [Available] section in MAME.
Depending on your goal and available time/bandwidth, you have 3 options:
1) Slow + Complete:
Wait for all ROMs/CHDs to be downloaded and update MAME database once (this takes much longer to see the ROMs from MAME because the file pieces are downloaded randomly across all files); or
2) Quick:
You only select a few favorite ROMs/CHDs to be downloaded, then update MAME database. You do this by going to qBittorrent, in [Transfers] tab left click a torrent (ROMs or CHDs), click the [Content] Tab, Tick/Untick ROMs/CHDs to download/not download (e.g. only tick 1941.zip, everything else unticked); or
3) Quick + Complete (Recommended):
You select all ROMs/CHDs to be downloaded, but you also enable 'Download in sequential order', so that all ROMs/CHDs will be downloaded one by one. Set your favorite ROMs/CHDs .zip to 'Maximum' priority so your favorite ROMs/CHDs will be downloaded first. Update MAME database once in a while after a new bunch of ROMs/CHDs are downloaded. You get the best of both worlds. Do this by:
a) Configure qBittorrent to download .zip files one by one:
In qBittorrent [Transfers] tab, right click a torrent, then select [torrent options...], then tick [Download in sequential order] and click [OK]. Do this once for the ROMs torrent and once for the CHDs torrent.
b) Configure qBittorrent to download your favorite ROMs first:
In qBittorrent [Transfers] tab, left click a torrent (ROMs or CHDs), click the [Content] tab, find your favorite ROM/CHD file (e.g. 1941.zip) and click on [Normal] in the Download Priority column, it'll pop up a selection of [Do not download/Normal/High/Maximum], select [Maximum]. Do this to EACH ROM/CHD .zip file you want to complete download first. (e.g. 1941.zip is on 'Maximum' priority while everything else is on 'Normal' priority)
This combination downloads ALL ROMs/CHDs sequentially one by one, and lets you to play your favorite ROMs first while the rest are downloading.
Each time one or a bunch of the ROM/CHD .zip reaches 100% download, you can goto MAME and audit the download directories, it'll add the new ROMs to the [Availabe] section, which brings us to the next step (audit ROMs/CHDs directories).
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STEP 6 - Audit the ROMs/CHDs directories and update the MAME database
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1) (In MAME window) Click the magnifying glass and select [Audit media for all XXXXX machines]
2) Wait for MAME to audit all ROMs and CHDs directories
3) The newly downloaded ROMs/CHDs will now show up in the [Available] section.
4) For subsequent audits, select [Audit media for X machines marked unavailable] instead in step 1, this skips the known ROMs and reduces audit time.
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STEP 7 (optional) - Install MAME Extras
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You can add extras such as game title screenshots (titles), game play screenshots (snaps), cheats, etc to your MAME installation, you have two options:
1) The hard way:
This method is too complex and time consuming for the average MAME user, and is only recommended for those determined to chase after the absolute latest, for everyone else, wait a while for the new version of EXTRAs torrent to be released (see 'The easy way' below).
Download and install each extras component manually and set up your own perfect MAME, e.g. visit https://www.progettosnaps.net/snapshots/ and download [Snap > Full-Set 0.240 (pS_snap_full_240.zip)] and [Titles > Full-Set 0.240 (pS_titles_full_240.zip)] and the smaller 0.24x update packages. Decompress the snap zip, find the directory with 40000 .png files, move all the .png to MAME's [snap] directory. Decompress the titles zip, find the directory with 40000 .png files, move all the .png to MAME's [titles] directory. snap and title .png files have the exact same filename, don't mix them up. Get the cheat.zip from ( http://cheat.retrogames.com/mame_downloads.htm ), decompress it to MAME's cheat directory. You can also manually download and install the latest cabinet/flyers/manuals/etc.
2) The easy way (Recommended):
Get all the cabinet/cheats/manuals/snap/titles etc from a single [MAME Extras] torrent, it is not updated as regularly as MAME binary/ROMs/CHDs, but this way will save you a lot of work.
It doesn't matter if the MAME Extras are a few versions behind, the differences are minimal, you just see blank title/snap images on the newest ROMs, the rest works just fine. To add extras to your MAME, do this:
a) Download the [EXTRAs 0.xxx Full] torrent listed above, or
b) Copy the [EXTRAs 0.xxx Full] magnet link above (magnet:?xt=urn...)
c) In qBittorrent's window: If you downloaded the .torrent file, click [Open] and select the .torrent file then click [OK], if you copied the magnet link, click [Open URL], paste the link into the box then click [OK].
d) Set cheat.zip, snap.zip and titles.zip to [Maximum] priority in the [Content] tab if you want them to complete first.
e) Decompress the cheat.zip/titles.zip/snap.zip etc to MAME's root directory, it'll create the correct sub directories.
f) Restart MAME and check the result. If you don't see the cheat/title/snaps, double check that the decompressed directories and MAME directories configuration are the same, often the extra sub directories from the .zip aren't needed, so you move the files one parent directory above (\snap\snap to just \snap, \cheat\cheatxxxx to just \cheat).
g) To enable cheats:
i) (In MAME's main window) Click [Configure Options]
ii) Click [Miscellaneous Options]
iii) Set [Cheats] to [On]
iv) Click [Return to Previous Menu]
v) Click [Save Configuration]
vi) From now on when you are playing a ROM, press the [TAB] key and you should see [Cheat] in the menu.
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STEP 8 - Play and enjoy
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That's it, play your favorite ROMs and enjoy.
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Credits to pleasuredome for the magnet links, it also has a lot of other MAME data sets:
https://pleasuredome.github.io/pleasuredome/mame/
Guide by Rompacker:
https://archive.org/details/@rompacker
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LATEST UPDATES:
2023-08-30 - CHDs + ROMs to 0.258
2023-07-28 - CHDs + ROMs to 0.257 (CHDs unchanged)
2023-06-28 - CHDs + ROMs to 0.256
2023-05-31 - CHDs + ROMs to 0.255
2023-04-27 - CHDs + ROMs to 0.254
2023-03-30 - CHDs + ROMs to 0.253
2023-02-22 - CHDs + ROMs to 0.252
2022-12-31 - CHDs + ROMs to 0.251
2022-11-30 - CHDs + ROMs to 0.250
2022-10-27 - CHDs + ROMs to 0.249
2022-09-28 - CHDs + ROMs to 0.248
2022-08-31 - CHDs + ROMs to 0.247
2022-07-31 - CHDs + ROMs to 0.246
2022-06-30 - CHDs + ROMs to 0.245
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There are too many outdated torrents and information, and the CHDs torrent generated by archive.org has padding files and only has files up to 0-9A-C.
I am tired of it and I know you are too, so here are the latest.
================================================================================
What's new in 0.258:
https://www.mamedev.org/releases/whatsnew_0258.txt
================================================================================
Individual files download (ROMs + CHDs + EXTRAs):
https://archive.org/download/mame-chds-roms-extras-complete
================================================================================
Magnet links:
CHDs Full 0.258 (Merged, 935.53GB torrent, 100+ seeds):
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:7ed7d50b6ef30dcbd456d19a490ed057102754ba&tr=http://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce
CHDs Update 0.256 to 0.258 (Merged, 15.3MB torrent, 100+ seeds):
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:3b3343c07d8a39994425f04f4a031e4c042ebe19&tr=http://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce
ROMs Full 0.258 (Merged, 73.33GB torrent, 100+ seeds):
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:bbb50cf61351c693ada99c4f1c426076acf76e10&tr=http://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce
ROMs Update 0.257 to 0.258 (Merged, 74MB torrent, 100+ seeds):
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:70c88c33eb12686a42243aed29db09a1c7c568fe&tr=http://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce
EXTRAs Full 0.256 (artwork/cheats/snap/titles/manuals/etc, 64.97GB torrent, 50+ seeds):
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:87d29a4358209823f5beed7bf0a84ce64d0110d6&tr=http://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce
EXTRAs Update 0.254 to 0.256 (artwork/cheats/snap/titles/manuals/etc, 1.32GB torrent, 50+ seeds):
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:aa5a8b48c7b720d6e38055c864efe141579b936c&tr=http://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce
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.torrent files:
CHDs Full 0.258 (Merged, 935.53GB torrent, 100+ seeds):
https://archive.org/download/mame-chds-roms-extras-complete/MAME%200.258%20CHDs%20%28merged%29%20Full%20935.53GB.torrent
CHDs Update 0.256 to 0.258 (Merged, 15.3MB torrent, 100+ seeds):
https://archive.org/download/mame-chds-roms-extras-complete/MAME%200.258%20CHDs%20%28merged%29%200.256%20to%200.258%20Update%2015.3MB.torrent
ROMs Full 0.258 (Merged, 73.33GB torrent, 100+ seeds):
https://archive.org/download/mame-chds-roms-extras-complete/MAME%200.258%20ROMs%20%28merged%29%20Full%2073.33GB.torrent
ROMs Update 0.257 to 0.258 (Merged, 74MB torrent, 100+ seeds):
https://archive.org/download/mame-chds-roms-extras-complete/MAME%200.258%20ROMs%20%28merged%29%200.257%20to%200.258%20Update%2074MB.torrent
EXTRAs Full 0.256 (artwork/cheats/snap/titles/manuals/etc, 64.97GB torrent, 50+ seeds):
https://archive.org/download/mame-chds-roms-extras-complete/MAME%200.256%20EXTRAs%20%28artwork%2Ccheats%2Csnap%2Ctitles%2Cmanuals%2Cetc%29%20Full%2064.97GB.torrent
EXTRAs Update 0.254 to 0.256 (artwork/cheats/snap/titles/manuals/etc, 1.32GB torrent, 50+ seeds):
https://archive.org/download/mame-chds-roms-extras-complete/MAME%200.256%20EXTRAs%20%28artwork%2Ccheats%2Csnap%2Ctitles%2Cmanuals%2Cetc%29%200.254%20to%200.256%20Update%201.32GB.torrent
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Tracker with the most seeds (100+):
http://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce
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QUICK HOW TO GUIDE (Guide updated 2022-06-20):
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STEP 1 - Basics
================================================================================
1) Download and install MAME ( https://www.mamedev.org/ )
2) Know that:
a) MAME considers CHD files as ROM files, CHDs are often just bigger ROMs.
b) MAME doesn't care where you put the CHDs or ROMs as long as all ROMs/CHDs directories are added to MAME's ROM path config.
c) That means you can set MAME's ROM directories to the torrent download directory, and play whatever ROMs that have completed download, without waiting for the entire torrent to complete, read how to do this below.
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STEP 2 - Download the ROMs and CHDs
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1) Install and run qBittorrent ( https://www.qbittorrent.org/ )
2) In qBittorrent, click [open url] or [add magnet link], a box will pop up.
3) Paste into the box some magnet links from above, one line per link, the link looks like [magnet:?xt=urn:btih:xxxxxxxxxxxxx...], paste the whole line, if you have just started, you want to add the links [CHDs 0.xxx Full (Merged...)] and [ROMs 0.xxx Full (Merged...)].
4) Click [Download] or [OK] to close the box.
5) You should now see in the qBittorent [Transfers] tab there are two torrents being added, [MAME 0.2xx ROMs (merged)] and [MAME 0.2xx CHDs (merged)].
6) It'll take a minute or two to download the torrent metadata, when the torrent line turns green, it means it's downloading and you can proceed to [STEP 3]. If nothing happens, try manually add a torrent tracker to each torrent, so that qBittorrent knows what peers/seeds to download from, do this by:
a) From qBittorrent [Transfers] tab, select one of the torent ([MAME 0.2xx ROMs (merged)] or [MAME 0.2xx CHDs (merged)])
b) Click the [Trackers] tab (between [General] and [Peers])
c) Right click anywhere in the tracker list for a pop-up menu
d) Click [Add a new tracker...], a box [List of trackers to add] will pop up.
e) Paste the following tracker URL into the box and press [OK]: http://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce
f) You should now see [http://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce] in the tracker list, watch the [Peers] and [Seeds] column, there should be more than 100.
g) Do this once for the ROMs torrent and once for the CHDs torrent.
7) Continue to the next step while the torrents are downloading.
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STEP 3 - Find out where the ROMs/CHDs .zip files are downloaded to
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There are 2 paths: The ROMs (70+GB) and The CHDs (900+GB). Do these steps to find both:
1) In qBittorrent: In the [Transfers] tab, right click the torrent name [MAME 0.2xx ROMs (merged)] or [MAME 0.2xx CHDs (merged)], you should see a small pop-up menu.
2) Left click [Open destination folder], a file manager should pop up.
3) In the file manager, look at the directory location ('directory' is also called 'folder' in windows).
4) Do it once for the ROMs and once for the CHDs, remember these 2 directories for the next step.
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STEP 4 - Add BOTH ROMs and CHDs directories to MAME config
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Set MAME's ROMs directory to the two directories qBittorrent is downloading to:
1) Go to MAME's main screen (restart MAME if not sure)
2) Double click [Configure Options]
3) Double click [Configure Directories]
4) Double click [ROMs]
5) Double click [Add Folder]
6) Browse the directory tree using the [UP/DOWN/ENTER] key to select the correct directory (that you remember from the previous step).
7) Once you have found the final correct directory, just highlighting it is not enough, you must press [Enter] to enter it first, otherwise you'll just set the parent directory instead.
8) Once INSIDE the correct directory, press the [TAB] key on your keyboard to set the directory in MAME.
9) Double click [Return to Previous Menu]
10) Double click [Save Configuration]
11) Repeat 1-10 but this time at 6 select the other directory instead (if you added ROMs download directory first, add CHDs download directory this time). Most ROMs don't require CHDs to work, but some do, you need to add both ROMs and CHDs directories.
12) If you are also downloading the partial update torrents (e.g. MAME - Update ROMs v0.2xx to v0.2xx), then you also need to add the update torrent's download directory by repeating step 1 to 10.
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STEP 5 - Decide on what ROMs to download and how often do you run audits in MAME
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Now that the ROMs/CHDs are downloading and the correct MAME directories are configured, you need to run audit in MAME to find the new ROMs/CHDS.
During the audit, MAME will scan all the .zip files in the configured ROMs/CHDs directories, and then update MAME's internal database, newly downloaded ROMs/CHDs will then show up in the [Available] section in MAME.
Depending on your goal and available time/bandwidth, you have 3 options:
1) Slow + Complete:
Wait for all ROMs/CHDs to be downloaded and update MAME database once (this takes much longer to see the ROMs from MAME because the file pieces are downloaded randomly across all files); or
2) Quick:
You only select a few favorite ROMs/CHDs to be downloaded, then update MAME database. You do this by going to qBittorrent, in [Transfers] tab left click a torrent (ROMs or CHDs), click the [Content] Tab, Tick/Untick ROMs/CHDs to download/not download (e.g. only tick 1941.zip, everything else unticked); or
3) Quick + Complete (Recommended):
You select all ROMs/CHDs to be downloaded, but you also enable 'Download in sequential order', so that all ROMs/CHDs will be downloaded one by one. Set your favorite ROMs/CHDs .zip to 'Maximum' priority so your favorite ROMs/CHDs will be downloaded first. Update MAME database once in a while after a new bunch of ROMs/CHDs are downloaded. You get the best of both worlds. Do this by:
a) Configure qBittorrent to download .zip files one by one:
In qBittorrent [Transfers] tab, right click a torrent, then select [torrent options...], then tick [Download in sequential order] and click [OK]. Do this once for the ROMs torrent and once for the CHDs torrent.
b) Configure qBittorrent to download your favorite ROMs first:
In qBittorrent [Transfers] tab, left click a torrent (ROMs or CHDs), click the [Content] tab, find your favorite ROM/CHD file (e.g. 1941.zip) and click on [Normal] in the Download Priority column, it'll pop up a selection of [Do not download/Normal/High/Maximum], select [Maximum]. Do this to EACH ROM/CHD .zip file you want to complete download first. (e.g. 1941.zip is on 'Maximum' priority while everything else is on 'Normal' priority)
This combination downloads ALL ROMs/CHDs sequentially one by one, and lets you to play your favorite ROMs first while the rest are downloading.
Each time one or a bunch of the ROM/CHD .zip reaches 100% download, you can goto MAME and audit the download directories, it'll add the new ROMs to the [Availabe] section, which brings us to the next step (audit ROMs/CHDs directories).
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STEP 6 - Audit the ROMs/CHDs directories and update the MAME database
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1) (In MAME window) Click the magnifying glass and select [Audit media for all XXXXX machines]
2) Wait for MAME to audit all ROMs and CHDs directories
3) The newly downloaded ROMs/CHDs will now show up in the [Available] section.
4) For subsequent audits, select [Audit media for X machines marked unavailable] instead in step 1, this skips the known ROMs and reduces audit time.
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STEP 7 (optional) - Install MAME Extras
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You can add extras such as game title screenshots (titles), game play screenshots (snaps), cheats, etc to your MAME installation, you have two options:
1) The hard way:
This method is too complex and time consuming for the average MAME user, and is only recommended for those determined to chase after the absolute latest, for everyone else, wait a while for the new version of EXTRAs torrent to be released (see 'The easy way' below).
Download and install each extras component manually and set up your own perfect MAME, e.g. visit https://www.progettosnaps.net/snapshots/ and download [Snap > Full-Set 0.240 (pS_snap_full_240.zip)] and [Titles > Full-Set 0.240 (pS_titles_full_240.zip)] and the smaller 0.24x update packages. Decompress the snap zip, find the directory with 40000 .png files, move all the .png to MAME's [snap] directory. Decompress the titles zip, find the directory with 40000 .png files, move all the .png to MAME's [titles] directory. snap and title .png files have the exact same filename, don't mix them up. Get the cheat.zip from ( http://cheat.retrogames.com/mame_downloads.htm ), decompress it to MAME's cheat directory. You can also manually download and install the latest cabinet/flyers/manuals/etc.
2) The easy way (Recommended):
Get all the cabinet/cheats/manuals/snap/titles etc from a single [MAME Extras] torrent, it is not updated as regularly as MAME binary/ROMs/CHDs, but this way will save you a lot of work.
It doesn't matter if the MAME Extras are a few versions behind, the differences are minimal, you just see blank title/snap images on the newest ROMs, the rest works just fine. To add extras to your MAME, do this:
a) Download the [EXTRAs 0.xxx Full] torrent listed above, or
b) Copy the [EXTRAs 0.xxx Full] magnet link above (magnet:?xt=urn...)
c) In qBittorrent's window: If you downloaded the .torrent file, click [Open] and select the .torrent file then click [OK], if you copied the magnet link, click [Open URL], paste the link into the box then click [OK].
d) Set cheat.zip, snap.zip and titles.zip to [Maximum] priority in the [Content] tab if you want them to complete first.
e) Decompress the cheat.zip/titles.zip/snap.zip etc to MAME's root directory, it'll create the correct sub directories.
f) Restart MAME and check the result. If you don't see the cheat/title/snaps, double check that the decompressed directories and MAME directories configuration are the same, often the extra sub directories from the .zip aren't needed, so you move the files one parent directory above (\snap\snap to just \snap, \cheat\cheatxxxx to just \cheat).
g) To enable cheats:
i) (In MAME's main window) Click [Configure Options]
ii) Click [Miscellaneous Options]
iii) Set [Cheats] to [On]
iv) Click [Return to Previous Menu]
v) Click [Save Configuration]
vi) From now on when you are playing a ROM, press the [TAB] key and you should see [Cheat] in the menu.
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STEP 8 - Play and enjoy
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That's it, play your favorite ROMs and enjoy.
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Credits to pleasuredome for the magnet links, it also has a lot of other MAME data sets:
https://pleasuredome.github.io/pleasuredome/mame/
Guide by Rompacker:
https://archive.org/details/@rompacker
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Reviews
(17)
Reviewer:
mrpunjana
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January 5, 2025
Subject: Excellent but please reseed
Subject: Excellent but please reseed
Torrent for CHD 935.53 GB is dying with a average download speed of about 600k with only a few seeds. Please could anyone kindly help. Seems a shame that
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this excellent preservation may disappear through not being accessible.
Thank you to the original uploader and those willing to keep alive.
Thank you to the original uploader and those willing to keep alive.
Reviewer:
01ba076362@mailmaxy.one
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September 13, 2024
Subject: 1
Subject: 1
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Reviewer:
mgjscdhl
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May 8, 2024
Subject: updates?
Subject: updates?
thanks for making a one stop for mame.. it was very easy to upgrade my existing set, and download extras.. I was wondering if there is a set schedule for
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upgrades? mame .264 is up, and there are a few new games, including dragon's lair..
Reviewer:
willsy32
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March 20, 2024
Subject: Wish I upgraded to 0.261 before pleasuredome removed it
Subject: Wish I upgraded to 0.261 before pleasuredome removed it
Thank you so much for this romset, it helped me use batocera v38 very easily since this is the romset it supported. But now I'm stuck at this version
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lol, and like most would like to avoid clrmamepro. If anyone has 0.261 or at least the upgrade files, please upload lol...the batocera community would be very thankful :)
Reviewer:
Michael Rasbury
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January 22, 2024
Subject: Confused
Subject: Confused
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but the folder structure at https://archive.org/download/mame-chds-roms-extras-complete has confounded me for some reason.
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Are all the CHD folders and Zips that ARE NOT in one of the folders labeled "update to" or other the .258 most recent versions? Like do I only need the zips and the chd folders if I only want the .258 version because these are the most recent? Because all the other "update to" folders are there, it seems maybe I need to update them with the contents of the folders? Thanks in advance :)
Reviewer:
emuman2020
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November 24, 2023
Subject: Great Respect to @rompacker
Subject: Great Respect to @rompacker
it may looks like spam, but I would pay my respect to @rompacker, thank you for your contributions to the community. Thanks
Reviewer:
pbsk8
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August 17, 2023
Subject: no chd update from 256 to 257?
Subject: no chd update from 256 to 257?
I only see CHDs Update 0.255 to 0.256 (Merged, 510.6MB torrent, 100+ seeds)
Reviewer:
elduderino_ca
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February 16, 2023
Subject: Clrmame verification?
Subject: Clrmame verification?
This is an *awesome* set. when I use Launchbox, things seem to work as expected.
I sought to verify the set and grabbed the dat files from the Pleasuredome ... link which seems to match this set, but whenever I execute the scan tens of thousands of ROMS get flagged as missing - which I don't think is actually the case... should this work with clrmame to verify? Have others had the experience that verification using the dat files from Pleasuredome are not reporting complete sets?
Thanks!!
I sought to verify the set and grabbed the dat files from the Pleasuredome ... link which seems to match this set, but whenever I execute the scan tens of thousands of ROMS get flagged as missing - which I don't think is actually the case... should this work with clrmame to verify? Have others had the experience that verification using the dat files from Pleasuredome are not reporting complete sets?
Thanks!!
Reviewer:
StupidKorok
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December 28, 2022 (edited)
Subject: Jdownloader won't pick this up. The owner made each folder a HTML link
Subject: Jdownloader won't pick this up. The owner made each folder a HTML link
The owner made each folder a HTML link with the CHD inside so I have to do each one individually. This isn't really a 'set' so I have to give this a one
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star rating for that reason.
Archive.org tends to have dishonest people it seems but that's liberalism at it's core.
Archive.org tends to have dishonest people it seems but that's liberalism at it's core.
Reviewer:
soyos
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December 10, 2022
Subject: stuck
Subject: stuck
IA is saying ''this item is currently being modified/updated by the task: derive'' for days straight and I don't think that's normal... anyway, i can use
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torrent instead, is it up-to-date?
Reviewer:
Alan Peggy
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October 2, 2022
Subject: About the changes in 247 CHDs
Subject: About the changes in 247 CHDs
Hello, I'm @Adreno Walu, since there where no way to send a new review I'm using a new account.
my problem was not with the padding files and first and ... last pieces, my problem was 170GB of relocated files from 246 to 247, I've checked the 247 CHDs update torrent and found out that there was some folder name changes and relocated files in 247 CHDs update torrent, for example:
gtrfrkv3aa folder which contains f33_aaa_2006072600.chd file in 246 has been relocated to gtrfrkv3a, so if someone downloads the 246 CHDs full torrent and downloads 247 CHDs update torrent and add them in the same folder and check them with 247 or 248 CHDs full torrent the client won't find the f33_aaa_2006072600.chd which should be in gtrfrkv3a folder and not gtrfrkv3aa folder, there are 26 files which was relocated to another folders(or their folder name has been changed), which their size sums up to 170 GB, I have moved them to the correct folders and re-checked them in torrent client and the client picked them up this time.
my problem was not with the padding files and first and ... last pieces, my problem was 170GB of relocated files from 246 to 247, I've checked the 247 CHDs update torrent and found out that there was some folder name changes and relocated files in 247 CHDs update torrent, for example:
gtrfrkv3aa folder which contains f33_aaa_2006072600.chd file in 246 has been relocated to gtrfrkv3a, so if someone downloads the 246 CHDs full torrent and downloads 247 CHDs update torrent and add them in the same folder and check them with 247 or 248 CHDs full torrent the client won't find the f33_aaa_2006072600.chd which should be in gtrfrkv3a folder and not gtrfrkv3aa folder, there are 26 files which was relocated to another folders(or their folder name has been changed), which their size sums up to 170 GB, I have moved them to the correct folders and re-checked them in torrent client and the client picked them up this time.
Reviewer:
Adreno Walu
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October 1, 2022
Subject: Great Job
Subject: Great Job
Great job you did here, I had no problem with "MAME 0.248 CHDs (merged)", but after I've downloaded the 246 to 247 CHDs update and added it's content to
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"MAME 0.246 CHDs (merged)" folder and downloaded the 247 to 248 CHDs update and added it's content to same folder and renamed the folder to "MAME 0.248 CHDs (merged)" and downloaded the torrent file of "MAME 0.248 CHDs (merged)" and started checking it didn't recognized 172 GB of files, was there a renaming in folders and files after 246? there are some folders that it didn't picked up in checking process and want's to download the same amount of data again.
These are the folders that torrent didn't picked up during checking process:
Directory of G:\DL\MAME 0.248 CHDs (merged)\ddr2ml
09/28/2022 10:15 AM
These are the folders that torrent didn't picked up during checking process:
Directory of G:\DL\MAME 0.248 CHDs (merged)\ddr2ml
09/28/2022 10:15 AM
Reviewer:
mabilcosta
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September 5, 2022
Subject: Missing one CHD directory with one CHD file
Subject: Missing one CHD directory with one CHD file
Can't find CHD directory "ddrkara" with its respective CHD "921jbb02.chd"...
It's missing here and it's missing in MAME when I do the audit...
Thanks anyway ... for the rest!!!
It's missing here and it's missing in MAME when I do the audit...
Thanks anyway ... for the rest!!!
Reviewer:
Archive75
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August 19, 2022
Subject: Ah man Godsmack by one torrent SWL CHD
Subject: Ah man Godsmack by one torrent SWL CHD
I am not starting again awhole thing especially I pause 4 torrent one of them are insane Software List CHD show as 2.45 TB and today my provider warning
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ME used bandwidths 75% used up😳 or number is 1,343 GB out of 1,780 GB another problem is audit showing me 38,700 check off non working it down to 14,235 it seem reasonable list. Now question is where they get 38,Xxx I wish go back old way ! One standalone MAME then separated MESS stand-alone program
Reviewer:
Olddantrucker
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July 13, 2022
Subject: Actually has CHD files in proper folders!
Subject: Actually has CHD files in proper folders!
Rare to have a version that is properly labeled ready for MAME. Jdownloder is a lot more friendly with this version just stick it in the MAME roms folder
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wherever you have it.
Then you have your individual folders for CHD files as MAME looks at that.
The other uploader is a rude a-hole unless your an alt left. You shouldn't have to be alt anything!
Then you have your individual folders for CHD files as MAME looks at that.
The other uploader is a rude a-hole unless your an alt left. You shouldn't have to be alt anything!
Reviewer:
ArchiveUser1285cevw
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June 10, 2022
Subject: great job
Subject: great job
thanks
Reviewer:
rompacker
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May 27, 2022 (edited)
Subject: MAME updated to 0.251
Subject: MAME updated to 0.251
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2023-01-03
>Reviewer: StupidKorok - January 2, 2023
>Subject: Jdownloader won't pick ... this up. The owner made each folder a HTML link
>The owner made each folder a HTML link with the CHD inside so I have to do each one individually. This isn't really a 'set' so I have to give this a one star rating for that reason.
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>Archive.org tends to have dishonest people it seems but that's liberalism at it's core.
@StupidKorok
1. This archive is no different to the million other archives on archive.org. You put the files in, and archive.org shows the file index in HTML format so people can click to browse the files in their browser. "The owner" didn't "make" any HTML links, archive.org has been generating the HTML index automatically since the 90's.
2. Archive.org was not created for JDownloader. For mass downloading, torrents and step by step guide are provided. If it is your desire to use JDownloader, smart people on Reddit, the JDownloader Forum and Olddantrucker below appeared to have it figured out, if you want to learn how, you can try politely asking or just Google it.
3. Your current and previous comment indicate disappointments from misaligned expectations, which I'll address here:
a) This archive was not created for "Likes" or their equivalents, it was created to save time for a very niche group of internet users, most of the people who manage to find this archive knows exactly what it is for and how to use it, there are also people new to this so a guide was provided to get them started.
b) The MAME Project, Archive.org, this archive, or the "free" internet in general, operate on a best effort basis. Everyone is contributing their part to help everyone else. If you want everything spoon fed to you from a silver platter, with everything working exactly to your liking whenever you like it, you have the option to pay someone to do it for you, or meet others half way by humbly learning from others, or trial and error, and set things up exactly to your liking. If you dig hard enough you'll eventually discover tools such as wget, aria2 (better multi threading than wget), ia (archive.org's python script) or other torrent tools that will do what you want, for free.
c) Archive.org is not exactly easy to work with, but for all its flaw, it has something that is unmatched, petabytes of storage for free, and more importantly DMCA exemption (https://archive.org/about/dmca.php), for that it is worth the effort for me to spend hours and days to work around problems and help preserve the MAME archive and make it easier for people to access.
d) Your comments are low hanging fruits easy to counter troll, but all signs point to you already suffering from negativity, somebody hurt you sometime somewhere and you are lashing out here and elsewhere. My advice is dig deep and find out what is causing you discomfort and deal with them directly. And live with the realization that everything and everyone is broken one way or another, nothing is perfect and nothing lasts forever, everything you see here, flawed or not, is already the result of a combined effort of thousands of people, and everything here will all be gone one day. Before complaining, always ask yourself "What am I bringing to the table?", and then judge yourself the same way you judge others. Only then will you be able to truly appreciate other people's effort and sail through the sea of imperfection with positivity.
e) Criticisms are welcome, we fall and get up again, that's how we grow, but any future comments from anyone equivalent to "I'll give this 1 star because this is not perfect and I am too lazy/angry to figure them out or even ask a simple question" or "I'll give this 1 star for not having things delivered and spoon fed to me on New Year's Eve" will simply be ignored. You can't please everybody, especially not those going through a phrase of angry and negative entitlement, you can only point out a few things and wish them good luck on their journey to self realization.
2022-12-31
@StupidKorok
>Reviewer: StupidKorok - December 28, 2022
>Subject: Broken emulator/Broken Roms/CHD's
>Half the roms/CHD's work and others don't when completed. It's hit and miss.
Yes, MAME is an ongoing community effort, ROM/CHD dumping and emulation are often done by different people. Some CHDs and ROMs had to wait years before someone wrote the code to run them (e.g., Megatouch XL 6000). The ROMs/CHDs that work are listed in the "Working" category in MAME.
@ soyos
The last update took many days to synchronize, probably has something to do with the manual purge (to fix problems with duplicate files from renamed chd folders, discussed below), ROMs/CHDs files are eventually up-to-date, for EXTRAs, dats/*, folders/*.ini and history/history.xml are purged before every EXTRAs update, sometimes files such as snap.zip/titles.zip etc also need to be purged first if they are updated. The entire process often take days, torrent files are the safest bet when downloading anything early.
2022-10-16
@Paultimate79
Well spotted :)
The "0.246 to 0.247 CHD Update" torrent file is missing because of Adreno Walu/Alan Peggy's finding, it turned out between the versions some directories were renamed, downloading with the update torrent would result in 170GB of duplicated files.
You'd still end up with 180GB of duplicates using the "0.248 CHD Full" torrent to overlay the "0.247 CHD Full" directories, but we have to keep the full .torrent around for those downloading from scratch.
And yes it was a huge 330GB CHD update (!), consisted of:
toysmarch/2 (1GB)
thrild3j (250MB)
13 gtrfrk* dirs (gtrfrkvj - gtrfrksaa) (128GB)
dstagen/a (11GB)
13 drm* dirs (drmnvj - drmna) (128GB)
9 ddr* dirs (ddrsnu - ddrkara2) (58GB)
dance864 (185MB)
If time or bandwidth is not an issue, it is much simpler to start fresh from 0.248 Full. If bandwidth is an issue, you can manually check/move the dirs above to handle the duplicates (when using the 0.248 Full CHD torrent to override 0.247).
Thank you for your support, have fun gaming :)
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2022-10-02
@Alan Peggy (Adreno Walu)
Wow that's a great find, sorry I misunderstood you, because normally ROMs are finalized after repeat dumping and checking if they are exactly the same, a slightly different ROM would have a different version number in the name.
I was wondering why the total size of this collection was larger than it should have been, I'll have to do a purge before the next upload to remove the duplicates from the folder changes.
Thanks a lot for the heads up!
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2022-10-01
@Adreno Walu
Hi, welcome, thank you for your find and your support.
The TLDR version is:
Don't worry about it, it is probably due to the torrents not using padding files, so the first and last file pieces of each file have different checksums between torrents.
The long version:
In the BitTorrent specification, all file content inside a torrent is serialized and then cut into pieces, data is transferred and verified in pieces.
A torrent file contains a list of hashes of each file piece. When you use a torrent client to verify a file within a torrent, it is verifying the content based on file pieces.
Example:
Torrent A has: "a.rom (5MB), b.rom (2MB), c.rom (5MB)"
Torrent B has: "1.rom (5MB), b.rom (2MB), 2.rom (5MB)"
And both torrent have piece size set to 4MB.
File "b.rom" will land in the 2nd 4MB piece of the torrent. Within that 4MB piece, the middle 2MB is the b.rom, the head 1MB is the file before, and the tail 1MB is the file after.
If you use your client to open Torrent B, point it to the directory of Torrent A, and then verify b.rom, it'll tell you b.rom is incomplete, because the checksum of the 2nd file piece is not a match, the piece have the same middle, but different head and tail content.
That's why in some torrent clients, if you only select some of the files within a single torrent to download, after they reach 100% and you do a file check, they go back to 99%, because of the hash mismatch of the head and tail file pieces.
Padding files (BEP 47) was created to deal with this situation.
If you want to dig into it, make a coffee and have a read on the "Padding files" section of BEP 47:
[BitTorrent Enhancement Proposal 47] - Padding files and extended file attributes
https://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0047.html
Thanks for the question, I am sure some people may be encountering the same problem.
Enjoy :)
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2022-09-07
@mabilcosta
(TLDR; expect to see "ddrkara" within 2 days)
Welcome, I looked into "ddrkara/921jbb02.chd" and found something interesting:
1. "ddrkara" is not in the 0.246 CHD full torrent
2. "ddrkara" is not in the 0.246 to 0.247 CHD update torrent
3. "ddrkara" *IS* in the 0.247 CHD full torrent
Quick summary:
1. Normally the "CHDs update" contains all the new CHD files, but not this time.
2. Usually, update torrents are small, new files are added to archive.org fairly quickly, even this unusually big 0.247 CHD update (330GB), only took 8 hours to complete upload, and then you see the new files in the "SHOW ALL" list.
3. Because files are missing in the "CHDs update torrent", we have to wait until the entire full 0.247 CHD torrent (920GB) to complete upload, to have all the files available.
4. Task log indicates the entire upload task has been running for 6.2 days, within which, the "0.247 CHDs full" upload has been running for 2 days 4 hours, and is at 75.8%, it should reach 100% within a day or two. (So it spent 4 days uploading all the ROMs, plus the CHDs update, and then 2 more days into uploading the full CHDs, and "ddrkara" is STILL missing from the file list, because it is missing from the CHDs update and is at the last 25% of the full CHD torrent)
5. You know the upload isn't complete if you still see this box on the page: [ this item is currently being modified/updated by the task: derive ]
6. You should see "ddrkara" in the file list within a day or two (once the full 0.247 CHD upload is completed).
Thanks for the heads-up and have fun gaming. :)
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1. archive.org gets stuck for days to update/derive/virus scan the files, task log message: [total task time: 3.0 days]
2. archive.org takes days to sync 700gb of files to primary server before new title/description can be saved, error message: [The item you are trying to edit cannot be retrieved from a "primary US node".]
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Message 2022-09-07:
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The "0.246 to 0.247 CHDs update" torrent is missing some files from the "0.247 CHDs full" torrent (e.g. ddrkara).
Special thanks to @mabilcosta for the heads-up.
2023-01-03
>Reviewer: StupidKorok - January 2, 2023
>Subject: Jdownloader won't pick ... this up. The owner made each folder a HTML link
>The owner made each folder a HTML link with the CHD inside so I have to do each one individually. This isn't really a 'set' so I have to give this a one star rating for that reason.
>
>Archive.org tends to have dishonest people it seems but that's liberalism at it's core.
@StupidKorok
1. This archive is no different to the million other archives on archive.org. You put the files in, and archive.org shows the file index in HTML format so people can click to browse the files in their browser. "The owner" didn't "make" any HTML links, archive.org has been generating the HTML index automatically since the 90's.
2. Archive.org was not created for JDownloader. For mass downloading, torrents and step by step guide are provided. If it is your desire to use JDownloader, smart people on Reddit, the JDownloader Forum and Olddantrucker below appeared to have it figured out, if you want to learn how, you can try politely asking or just Google it.
3. Your current and previous comment indicate disappointments from misaligned expectations, which I'll address here:
a) This archive was not created for "Likes" or their equivalents, it was created to save time for a very niche group of internet users, most of the people who manage to find this archive knows exactly what it is for and how to use it, there are also people new to this so a guide was provided to get them started.
b) The MAME Project, Archive.org, this archive, or the "free" internet in general, operate on a best effort basis. Everyone is contributing their part to help everyone else. If you want everything spoon fed to you from a silver platter, with everything working exactly to your liking whenever you like it, you have the option to pay someone to do it for you, or meet others half way by humbly learning from others, or trial and error, and set things up exactly to your liking. If you dig hard enough you'll eventually discover tools such as wget, aria2 (better multi threading than wget), ia (archive.org's python script) or other torrent tools that will do what you want, for free.
c) Archive.org is not exactly easy to work with, but for all its flaw, it has something that is unmatched, petabytes of storage for free, and more importantly DMCA exemption (https://archive.org/about/dmca.php), for that it is worth the effort for me to spend hours and days to work around problems and help preserve the MAME archive and make it easier for people to access.
d) Your comments are low hanging fruits easy to counter troll, but all signs point to you already suffering from negativity, somebody hurt you sometime somewhere and you are lashing out here and elsewhere. My advice is dig deep and find out what is causing you discomfort and deal with them directly. And live with the realization that everything and everyone is broken one way or another, nothing is perfect and nothing lasts forever, everything you see here, flawed or not, is already the result of a combined effort of thousands of people, and everything here will all be gone one day. Before complaining, always ask yourself "What am I bringing to the table?", and then judge yourself the same way you judge others. Only then will you be able to truly appreciate other people's effort and sail through the sea of imperfection with positivity.
e) Criticisms are welcome, we fall and get up again, that's how we grow, but any future comments from anyone equivalent to "I'll give this 1 star because this is not perfect and I am too lazy/angry to figure them out or even ask a simple question" or "I'll give this 1 star for not having things delivered and spoon fed to me on New Year's Eve" will simply be ignored. You can't please everybody, especially not those going through a phrase of angry and negative entitlement, you can only point out a few things and wish them good luck on their journey to self realization.
2022-12-31
@StupidKorok
>Reviewer: StupidKorok - December 28, 2022
>Subject: Broken emulator/Broken Roms/CHD's
>Half the roms/CHD's work and others don't when completed. It's hit and miss.
Yes, MAME is an ongoing community effort, ROM/CHD dumping and emulation are often done by different people. Some CHDs and ROMs had to wait years before someone wrote the code to run them (e.g., Megatouch XL 6000). The ROMs/CHDs that work are listed in the "Working" category in MAME.
@ soyos
The last update took many days to synchronize, probably has something to do with the manual purge (to fix problems with duplicate files from renamed chd folders, discussed below), ROMs/CHDs files are eventually up-to-date, for EXTRAs, dats/*, folders/*.ini and history/history.xml are purged before every EXTRAs update, sometimes files such as snap.zip/titles.zip etc also need to be purged first if they are updated. The entire process often take days, torrent files are the safest bet when downloading anything early.
2022-10-16
@Paultimate79
Well spotted :)
The "0.246 to 0.247 CHD Update" torrent file is missing because of Adreno Walu/Alan Peggy's finding, it turned out between the versions some directories were renamed, downloading with the update torrent would result in 170GB of duplicated files.
You'd still end up with 180GB of duplicates using the "0.248 CHD Full" torrent to overlay the "0.247 CHD Full" directories, but we have to keep the full .torrent around for those downloading from scratch.
And yes it was a huge 330GB CHD update (!), consisted of:
toysmarch/2 (1GB)
thrild3j (250MB)
13 gtrfrk* dirs (gtrfrkvj - gtrfrksaa) (128GB)
dstagen/a (11GB)
13 drm* dirs (drmnvj - drmna) (128GB)
9 ddr* dirs (ddrsnu - ddrkara2) (58GB)
dance864 (185MB)
If time or bandwidth is not an issue, it is much simpler to start fresh from 0.248 Full. If bandwidth is an issue, you can manually check/move the dirs above to handle the duplicates (when using the 0.248 Full CHD torrent to override 0.247).
Thank you for your support, have fun gaming :)
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2022-10-02
@Alan Peggy (Adreno Walu)
Wow that's a great find, sorry I misunderstood you, because normally ROMs are finalized after repeat dumping and checking if they are exactly the same, a slightly different ROM would have a different version number in the name.
I was wondering why the total size of this collection was larger than it should have been, I'll have to do a purge before the next upload to remove the duplicates from the folder changes.
Thanks a lot for the heads up!
------------------------------------------------------------
2022-10-01
@Adreno Walu
Hi, welcome, thank you for your find and your support.
The TLDR version is:
Don't worry about it, it is probably due to the torrents not using padding files, so the first and last file pieces of each file have different checksums between torrents.
The long version:
In the BitTorrent specification, all file content inside a torrent is serialized and then cut into pieces, data is transferred and verified in pieces.
A torrent file contains a list of hashes of each file piece. When you use a torrent client to verify a file within a torrent, it is verifying the content based on file pieces.
Example:
Torrent A has: "a.rom (5MB), b.rom (2MB), c.rom (5MB)"
Torrent B has: "1.rom (5MB), b.rom (2MB), 2.rom (5MB)"
And both torrent have piece size set to 4MB.
File "b.rom" will land in the 2nd 4MB piece of the torrent. Within that 4MB piece, the middle 2MB is the b.rom, the head 1MB is the file before, and the tail 1MB is the file after.
If you use your client to open Torrent B, point it to the directory of Torrent A, and then verify b.rom, it'll tell you b.rom is incomplete, because the checksum of the 2nd file piece is not a match, the piece have the same middle, but different head and tail content.
That's why in some torrent clients, if you only select some of the files within a single torrent to download, after they reach 100% and you do a file check, they go back to 99%, because of the hash mismatch of the head and tail file pieces.
Padding files (BEP 47) was created to deal with this situation.
If you want to dig into it, make a coffee and have a read on the "Padding files" section of BEP 47:
[BitTorrent Enhancement Proposal 47] - Padding files and extended file attributes
https://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0047.html
Thanks for the question, I am sure some people may be encountering the same problem.
Enjoy :)
------------------------------------------------------------
2022-09-07
@mabilcosta
(TLDR; expect to see "ddrkara" within 2 days)
Welcome, I looked into "ddrkara/921jbb02.chd" and found something interesting:
1. "ddrkara" is not in the 0.246 CHD full torrent
2. "ddrkara" is not in the 0.246 to 0.247 CHD update torrent
3. "ddrkara" *IS* in the 0.247 CHD full torrent
Quick summary:
1. Normally the "CHDs update" contains all the new CHD files, but not this time.
2. Usually, update torrents are small, new files are added to archive.org fairly quickly, even this unusually big 0.247 CHD update (330GB), only took 8 hours to complete upload, and then you see the new files in the "SHOW ALL" list.
3. Because files are missing in the "CHDs update torrent", we have to wait until the entire full 0.247 CHD torrent (920GB) to complete upload, to have all the files available.
4. Task log indicates the entire upload task has been running for 6.2 days, within which, the "0.247 CHDs full" upload has been running for 2 days 4 hours, and is at 75.8%, it should reach 100% within a day or two. (So it spent 4 days uploading all the ROMs, plus the CHDs update, and then 2 more days into uploading the full CHDs, and "ddrkara" is STILL missing from the file list, because it is missing from the CHDs update and is at the last 25% of the full CHD torrent)
5. You know the upload isn't complete if you still see this box on the page: [ this item is currently being modified/updated by the task: derive ]
6. You should see "ddrkara" in the file list within a day or two (once the full 0.247 CHD upload is completed).
Thanks for the heads-up and have fun gaming. :)
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This is a place holder for texts that should be in the title/description but they are not changed yet, due to:
1. archive.org gets stuck for days to update/derive/virus scan the files, task log message: [total task time: 3.0 days]
2. archive.org takes days to sync 700gb of files to primary server before new title/description can be saved, error message: [The item you are trying to edit cannot be retrieved from a "primary US node".]
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Message 2022-09-07:
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The "0.246 to 0.247 CHDs update" torrent is missing some files from the "0.247 CHDs full" torrent (e.g. ddrkara).
Special thanks to @mabilcosta for the heads-up.
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